I installed this app and I was shocked to notice that a uninstall+reinstall didn’t erase any custom data. It didn’t ask me to login to my Google account or storage permission, how could it keep the app data after uninstall+reinstall?

  • CameronDev@programming.dev
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    2 years ago

    I don’t think uninstall necessarily means that data is deleted. It could be that it is not being deleted when you uninstalled.

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        2 years ago

        When you say internal storage, do you mean the user accessible storage? Or the /data directory? The /data directory is not normally user accessible, but it is where apps store stuff. Those folders may not get wiped when you uninstall the app.

        • Moonrise2473@feddit.itOP
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          2 years ago

          When you uninstall an app its relative android/data directory will be deleted by the system.

          My phone is rooted (so I can explore it) and I never encountered an app that leaves data in /data after deletion.

          It might leave data in Android/media of the user does tick the checkbox to leave application data, but it’s not the case of this app

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    2 years ago

    For example, an can create a file on your phone and do not delete it during uninstall.

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    2 years ago

    I think there is a Google account setting to automatically back up and restore app data when you do this operation.